Women building history : public art at the 1893 Columbian Exposition / Wanda M. Corn ; with contributions by Charlene G. Garfinkle and Annelise K. Madsen.

Main entry:

Corn, Wanda M.

Title & Author:

Women building history : public art at the 1893 Columbian Exposition / Wanda M. Corn ; with contributions by Charlene G. Garfinkle and Annelise K. Madsen.

Publication:

Description:

xi, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index.
Introduction -- Sidebar: The archive -- The fair -- Sidebar: The mural movement in Paris -- The woman's building -- Sidebars: The Women's Pavilion at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition ; Achievements in paint, lace, and numbers ; Women speak out ; The college girl ; The impressionists as antimuralists ; Writing "herstory" -- The murals -- Sidebars: The new girl and the new woman ; The skirt dance ; The feminization of the banjo ; Other decorations in the woman's building -- The criticism -- Sidebar: The fate of the mural decorations -- Biographies.

Summary:

History of women during America's Gilded Age. Wanda M. Corn takes as her topic the grand neoclassical Woman's Building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, a structure celebrating modern woman's progress in education, arts, and sciences.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

9780520241114 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520241118 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Woman's Building (World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago, Ill.)
Weltausstellung 1893 Chicago, Ill.
Women in art.
Sex role in art.
Mural painting and decoration Illinois Chicago 19th century Themes, motives.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Illinois Chicago History 19th century Themes, motives.
Women artists.
Femmes dans l'art.
Rôle selon le sexe dans l'art.
Peinture et décoration murales Illinois Chicago 19e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Illinois Chicago Histoire 19e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Femmes artistes.
Buildings
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Themes, motives
Mural painting and decoration Themes, motives
Künstlerin
Kunst
Kunst am Bau
Mural painting and decoration Illinois Chicago 19th century.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Illinois Chicago History 19th century.
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Illinois Chicago
USA

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Garfinkle, Charlene G.
Madsen, Annelise K.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 271691
Call No.: BIB 204927
Status: Available

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